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CHRISTOPHER PAUL BATTAGLIA
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 14, 1946 – April 16, 1968
Service recordChristopher Paul Battaglia, of Burbank, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 16, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 11
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Photographer's Mate (PH)
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 11
- WILLIAM CLAYTON AVERITTECorporal · April 16, 1968
- REGINALD CONRAD BELLSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CHARLES BENHAM BOYNTON JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 1968
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.